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Work

How we work, and what it has built.

Two ways in. The method we run on every project, and the brands we have walked it with.

The Path Method

Six steps, every time, in the open.

Strategy, branding, expansion: the deliverables differ, the method doesn't. Here is each step, and what we actually use to run it.

01

Locate

We have a challenge, not yet a plan. We start with what's actually true, not what's assumed.

Tools we use here
  • Desk Research
  • User Observation
  • Shadowing
  • Cultural Probes
  • Extreme Users
  • +12 more
02

Map

We've gathered the terrain: market, competitors, audience, constraints. Now we make sense of it, and decide what it actually means.

Tools we use here
  • Affinity Diagramming
  • Empathy Map Canvas
  • Persona
  • Jobs to Be Done
  • Stakeholder Mapping
  • +21 more
03

Choose

We see the possible routes. Positioning is a decision, and we make it together: which one, and why this one.

Tools we use here
  • How-Might-We Reframing
  • Crazy 8s
  • SCAMPER
  • Six Thinking Hats
  • Innovation Sweet Spot
  • +26 more
04

Make

We have a direction. Now we build what it needs: identity, website, campaign, deck, whatever the step demands.

Tools we use here
  • Concept Prototyping
  • Design Prototype
  • Digital Wireframe
  • 3D Prints
  • Paper Model
  • +27 more
05

Walk

We have something real. Launch it, and put it in front of the people it's for: a brand only proves itself in use.

Tools we use here
  • Field Trial
  • Think-Aloud Testing
  • A/B Testing
  • Focus Group
  • Storyboarding
  • +7 more
06

Check

We have a result. Did we get closer to the aim? Every step has its own definition of worked. Never vibes.

Tools we use here
  • Impact Results Staircase
  • Business Model Canvas
  • Road Map
  • Budgeting
  • +5 more

The next step

If your business is at one of those moments, we'd like to hear about it.

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The first conversation is simple. You talk, we listen, and together we find out where you're standing.

Based in Berlin Working in English · Deutsch · Türkçe harish@yanidesignstudio.com

Gymnazium · Print

The Multi-Sport Training Handbook.

Two hundred and twenty-eight pages that turn a coaching philosophy into something a coach can actually hold, open, and run a session from.

228Pages
7Sports
420Exercises
4–10Ages covered

What it is

One book, the whole program.

Gymnazium rotates children through seven sports instead of locking them into one. That is easy to say and hard to run: it means every coach needs the same answer to "what do we do today?", across seven sports and three age groups, without the sessions turning into a competition.

The handbook is that answer. Every exercise carries its purpose, equipment, difficulty, four numbered steps, and three coaching cues. A coach who has never taught badminton can open it and run a proper session.

Three stages
Ages 4–6

Foundation

Fun movement, basic ball familiarity, listening skills, and first coordination.

Ages 7–9

Intermediate

Building technique, coordination, and an introduction to teamwork and tactical thinking.

Ages 9–10

Advanced

Refined skills, tactical awareness, competitive games, and leadership through sport.

One hour, four parts
Warm-Ups10–15 min
Skill Training20–25 min
Game Time15–20 min
Cool Down5 min

The sports

Seven sports, one system.

Each sport gets a geometric pictogram, an accent colour, and sixty exercises across the three stages.

Football pictogram
Football
Basketball pictogram
Basketball
Volleyball pictogram
Volleyball
Cricket pictogram
Cricket
Hockey pictogram
Hockey
Tennis pictogram
Tennis
Badminton pictogram
Badminton

The illustration system

Four hundred and twenty drawings.

Every single exercise has its own illustration, not a stock photo, not a reused diagram. Each one is a strict four-panel grid read left to right, top to bottom, with arrows carrying the eye between panels, a numbered badge per step, and a green tick on the panel where the child gets it right.

The rules were absolute: one consistent child per exercise, real equipment, a pure white background, and no text anywhere in the frame. No scoreboards, no trophies, no numerals, because the moment a drawing shows a score, the program stops being about play.

Football exercise illustration, four panels
Football · Cone dribble slalom
Basketball exercise illustration, four panels
Basketball · Stationary dribbling
Volleyball exercise illustration, four panels
Volleyball · Self bump practice
Cricket exercise illustration, four panels
Cricket · Underarm feed batting
Tennis exercise illustration, four panels
Tennis · Serve introduction
Badminton exercise illustration, four panels
Badminton · Backhand clear

Inside the book

Built so a coach never has to guess.

Colour-coded sections, a fixed page anatomy, and the same footer tag on every exercise: age, stage, section.

Handbook page, how to read an exercise page
How to read an exercise page
Handbook page, sport divider
Sport divider
Handbook page, two exercise blocks
Exercise pages
Handbook page, About Gymnazium
About
Handbook page, founder story
Founder's story
Handbook page, session guide
Session guide
Handbook page, a day at Gymnazium
A day at Gymnazium
Handbook page, stage key
Stage key
Handbook back cover
Back cover

Colour

Colour does the navigating.

Three section colours run the length of the book (amber for warm-ups, blue for skill training, green for game time), so a coach mid-session can find the right block by colour alone, without reading a word.

On top of that, each sport carries its own accent on its divider, header band, and footer, and the brand's five core colours hold the whole system together.

Deep Purple#540D6E
Electric Pink#DD1155
Sunshine Yellow#FFD23F
Trust Blue#296EB4
Growth Green#0EAD69

Impressum

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Harish Thangavel
Yani Design Studio
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[PLZ] Berlin, Deutschland

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E-Mail: harish@yanidesignstudio.com
Telefon: 0176 28938526

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